2001 Dodge Stratus Blower Motor

I can't tell you about the part being correct, but just a heads up that if the resistor has gone out, you are possibly looking at having to replace the blower motor, as well. When the motor starts drawing too much current, it burns out the resistor. Happened on my Intrepid. Replaced the resistor and it worked less than one day.

Larry Behold Beware Believe

If what you are saying is the part you are trying to install does not line up then turn it around!!! Also you may have to modify the box to make this new part slide in. They should have told you that

Glenn Beasley Chrysler Tech

I recently did this fix on my wife's Sebring, thanks to info from Glenn and others here and a good set of pictures here- here:

1 hr+ 1 hr of filing= 2 hrs. I pushed the passengers seat back and got on my side to get at the location. Definitely use a socket wrench to remove the two bolts and drop the assembly first because the connector is very difficult to remove when in place. Our original resistor was made in Mexico, the replacement a very crude looking part from Slovenia. Since this new part was thicker I had to file away one side of the slot in the air duct. Chrysler must have bent their quality control to pass this non conforming part. If it doesn't fail within 5 years as did the Mexican part I'll forgive them.

Good Luck...

It is a redesigned resistor. Your parts department should have told you that the HVAC box would need to be modified in order to get the new resistor in it.

Glenn Beasley Chrysler tech

To answer my own question - when I got home tonight I took the old part out. It seems the drawing on the web site was incorrect, at least for the 2001 Stratus (maybe it was for another model). I went ahead and bought the part.

I am 6' 2" 285 lbs so I had to remove the front passenger seat to get in there :o) Four small bolts, no big deal. Quite a tight fit for a big guy :o)

Yes, I couldn't undo the latch on the connector because I was very cramped and my hands were slightly too big. Removing the assembly was the only way I could get it apart.

Now that is interesting. The part I bought here in Michigan was made in the USA. I believe it was even made locally at one of the plant suppliers here. I went to Sterling Heights Dodge which is only a mile from the plant where they built the Stratus. Maybe that makes a difference on where the part comes from. The local MOPAR distribution warehouse is also the MOPAR headquarters.

I couldn't get a file up there, it was too cramped for me. I pulled out my never-before-used Dremel tool and it only took about 20 seconds to widen the slot. Wow, talk about a Christmas present from 10 years ago finally coming in handy :o). For those who haven't seen this part the original part is about the size of a credit card in size and thickness and looks like it is made of plastic. The new part is made of a ceramic material and is about 6 times wider with little prongs sticking out.

Thanks. It took about an hour to do it. 20 minutes of that was time wasted trying to get to the part until I took the seat out :o)

No, what I was saying was the picture did not look like the part. In the picture both bolts were on the south side, on the part there was one bolt on the southeast side and one bolt on the northwest side. If I turn the part around the bolt holes are in the same spot as they were before I turned it around. I apparently didn't make myself clear in the previous article.

Anyways, I took the original out when I got home and the picture turned out to be wrong. I bought the part and this guy at the parts counter told me I'd have to cut the hole bigger but it wouldn't be hard to do. It wasn't because I used my Dremel tool (for the first time, yea!).